Chamber of Commerce Honors JoAnne Murray, Outstanding Community Members

Whether it is dressing up as a duck for the Rotary Club's annual  or sticking up for  at Village Hall, JoAnne Murray is just about everywhere in this community.

Murray, the co-owner of Tarrytown's Allan Block Insurance Company and an outgoing co-President of the Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown Chamber of Commerce, was honored this month for her outstanding community service.

Murray received the first-ever Cornelia Warner Appreciation Award, from the Chamber of Commerce.

The award is named after Mrs. Warner whom, along with her husband Worcester, donated the Warner Library to the villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. 

Warner was also very active in the community and the Chamber of Commerce.

While giving out the award on Dec. 16, the Chamber's Executive Director, John Sardy, quoted a Tarrytown Daily News article from 1940, which hailed Warner for being "heart-warming, and limitless in friendship and charity."

It was fitting, Sardy said, that Murray received the inaugural award because of her own "countless acts that benefited individual, institutions and the community."

"She really does so much... She's a strong voice for local business," Sardy said. "This award is really giving credit where credit is due."

The award is decided upon by the Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors, and will now be an annual affair at the chambers last meeting of the year.

Other Chamber Recognition

Brian Doyle of J.P. Doyle's Restaurant; Caroline Hay, Director of Abigail Kirsch; Sr. Susan Gardella, Director of the RSHM Life Center; and Peter Zagrobelny, Director    of the Hudson Financial Group were all recognized
 for their service and commitment to the community.

The Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement went to Virginia (Ginnie) Hays, the Director of Hitachi America, LTD and Terence G. McGlynn, the Treasurer/Secretary of TGM Financial.

New Board Members

The new board members of the Sleepy Hollow-Tarrytown Chamber of Commerce are as follows:

Terence G. McGlynn, of TGM Financial – Co-President, Sleepy Hollow

Leslie Ishoo, of Bank of American Loans – Co- VP, Sleepy Hollow

Gerry Riera, of Family YMCA – Co-President, Tarrytown

Theresa McCarthy, of Sweet Grass – Co-VP, Tarrytown

James A. Casamo, of Mahopac National Bank – Treasurer/Secretary